New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-02-13
NOTES ON NETWORK.
ON SOME PHYSICAL CHANGES OF THE LAST
TEN YEARS.
@. ". snarleu IN The Ninetesnta century

ON SOML PH1SlCAL ChANuEo Nr liz LINZ
TEN YEARS.
O. w. s,aarley IN The Nfnetesnth Century
II WAS early on gray morning of lsS6 that the
Celtic her funnel well frosted with the salt OF inc Az
lantic steamed up Newfork nIp9f 20 rue cry -,
the ten wears that had had passed since had seen mar
Dor city. there had been many changes III Doth soe
of them such as no one conld miss W. Barthn s, at
ing be dedicated 10 her mission OF cnlghtenlng ne
world, not the least considering whether Inc worn ,i
not prefer its darkness to the trench'n,hs eeco
beams Brooky Bridge spanned the East RIVER us wo
cities it mites the delicate arch of the floor and the
of its suspension cables triumph OF architecture,
New-York CITY. which meets and parts wedgeke inc
waters that encompass it, seemed 70 have been nica
fortress In its fonr square solid brick walls and square
tower. The Washington Building the Mills Buling ana
many others stories from the ground Inc domes
the Post Office, and the adjacent pinnares anu sps,
the view But the spires have ceascI 10 oe 'ng
red the remark of distinguished EngIisnman
with whom ten years ago had looked upon E sHs them
the spires were dwarcd by the towers OF telegraph
office and newspaper building. " Nothing oo n o 90
approach America centres ofnclligence they are
still there but the centres OF commerce OF hulk
and press upon the vision of the incoming stranger
THE STREETS OF THE CITY
wish could thar the docks and wharves OF New
York have been rebuilt but II IS MATER Oh @ q
threshold which Is stumbling block oil rotten Woo',
and through sheds which are as shabby rs tey ARE s n
that there is room for the Custom House officers to do
their work ard he asks mo %Se cnso @os s
It he the Boston-let me say hn! tue epo 10 saloon
asemSers within ten minutes the ship was at
the dock portmaneaus and boxes were ready ioi
ton and udge the business was over In an hour ne
turning 10 Liverpool the other day the number OF passe
thirty 4 was an hSgr h sSor sone e T
rather more sharply than at Newiork Dut not "s'
Nor possible to that the paving Of the streets
OF New.York is much better than OF o,L Wn
orr way from the dock to the house. my host loos ~
throue6 some of tho worst and OF the best streets In
New York His brougham well hung ana ms coaoh-
sense Of bcng driven down the boulder sirewn bed OF
mountain torrent and the best were very like what OK
fori-st. when II was paved WIN ciDes Oh s'o"o '"
which long wear had given rounded surface -o. r.
The Macadam pavement. It is said, will not answer ID
asphalt mcls In the summer heat. friend TOOK me one
day Fleetwood Parka private course Tor tto,hg ="
arproachrd certainly one the chief roads for pleasure
driving crowded that afternoon with 'r3ihg wason,.
and living an inch deep with mud Yet inc iacao-
amzed roads in Central Park ana i3r nearly ne Wilt n
| made and In good condition. .
This is topic know as we'll worn as the streets
themselves bnt u Is one E we The nhysicaI aspect OF
New York City And of course the physica aspect
tainly one which the New-Yorker himself Is determined
nobody shall overlook said my host To me iou snni,
e SsSWYork at once You have not The least what
the York Of today Is Ike" humhy admitted had
There are six Of these they have altered some Of the
main conditions Of life in Newlors Beore the rst Oh
them built in 1872, the New Yorker was WANDERING
away to Brooklyn. Williamsburg. or Jersey cry, III
search OF home The central part OF inc lsann WIS
already crowded and the distance to the upper part 100
great he travelled twice day by stage or .fsetcar or
would nc said here. by bus or " Tram NOW. u Us !.
possible 10 go IN than half hour from wall ~
to Central Park. when tho late Mr. stewart hnit ~,
white marble house at The corner OF Thirty wsnn
the Vanderbilt houses perhaps i've years ago. were D
a mile beyond people said they were too far down Cen
trail P.rk begins at FIFTY ninth i've reckon twenty
blocks streets 10 the mile-ani already IL Is io9t 10
get good lot for house on Us eastern sde FROM
statistics OF every kind abstain hut II needs no stas'
ties 10 show that the facility and rapidly OF COMMUNE
ton bet cen the great DIVISIONS 81 Nc~-lSrk nave
greatly augmented the value o land uptown "nste lnan
live II not downtown where they DO business lhevao
/ was shown a small estate on the corner OF wall
ST. and Broad which had recently been sold al price
given for land in the city Of London whether h" was
accurate or not cannot say bnt there Is difference
superficial area and frontage which, Just pos
sblc he did not take into account
ENGLISH AND AMERICAN RAPID TRANSIT.
Tn. elevated OF have been compared
before now with the underground In London. aud not Ia
the advantage of the latter From the Passengers point
upper air through hole In tho earth The privilege
but little u, the interest Tho pace IA too great rock
oned "a mile IN nye minutes. stops Included 10 he inc
large and airy weLntted aud clean but oyercrowded
morning and evening There nopretenoe OF restricting
The number Of passengers The seats once fu the cen
ire aisle 4. packed II l. In the cars on the surface
roads by people who do not object 10 travel perpenhcn
scaie Of the comfort Of ~ pniror1 pToydss without
seated passenger than to make one 81 fourteen IN an
Eaglsh compartment constructed to hoh sly There -
ventilation. partly the result Of design partly 81 open
doors and the exit Of passengers ~ earh station A. the
stations are not morn than minute ana h.ll hpart,
never 80 foul the underground al IT. best Acc
dents unknown.
Now beg the preadcnt- OF the Metropolitan and Dis
rict Railways fact ON all the elevated rail
way. 81 New York cit, there uniform
fare 81 cents which i ne American cInl,aleni 81 two
pence haipcnny. For this SUM III" New Yorker may
travel iron the extreme southern 10 tho extreme north
limit Of his cty Inc rule J. the same on AL surface
cars AMI all omnbuscs and there Dee doubt that
This simplicity OF finance Il one cause OF tie enormous
Perhaps these distinguished president. might note an
other fact Tie working stan Of the elevated road, Is
bat fraction 81 the number chp"yel on The under
ground. clerk IN the ticket-oiice, that
passengers drop their tickets into glass box they
whose function seemed 10 DO 10 the questions Of
European country cousins,-that Is all the visible
human apparatus There IA conductor nj each end Of
each Who throws the oolapng iron gates FOR
cors nn rushing about OF guards Here a. in ,pv
American cOntryancc, economy Of labor T. carried as
far as II can he carried am far from expecting that
Naturalization Of their roads for the sake Of bet
ter diNidends and higher quotation Of the stock The
smphcaton Of the system depends possibly 10 some
these NewHork lines where the millionaire banker
and the bank porter. who Is seldom millionaire NAV he
seen sitting side by SIDE in the neither of them
the for this democratic proximity. do not know
which the two would be the moro surprised by a sug
| gcson that either was ont Of his place.
The Englishman who mcdtatcs. as believe most Eng
lishmen do Journey next year ~ what they Oddly cn
The states" may be relieved TO know that the cab ser
vice Ia New York - Improved The cabs better and
fares less do not wish 10 goneTale broad
from experience not long, but Think 1t may also
| Ice said that the cabmcn are more civil An Englsh
friend who has OF late New York oftencr than I
have gave before went an alarming account OF tho
matter does not signify said he what you Won
must give than the iarc ANA you
besides Perhaps they are more tender their fcIlow
cOunrymen Than 10 the Brlton, whose frequent n,iLe
Is 10 forget that the idea OF equality Is rooted deem ln fe
American breast and SIN deeper In tho breast of Tie
immigrant who landed day before yesterday But may
testify that In none OF my dealings with the diver. or
vehicles plying for hire Iinsulted dil moi be,r
rough word from any one oi them. and there was no dis
pute about fares. found could ride which Ia
not only good American but good English any re,.nn'
able distance ahausOm FOR half dollar or two hlltns
The cabs are well horsed, well turned out aud not